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I'm trying to understand how celery works

In my django application in tasks.py file I have created one task:

@celery.shared_task(default_retry_delay=2 * 60, max_retries=2)
def my_task(param1, param2):
    # There are some operations
I call this task by using this code:
my_task.delay(param1, param2)
Inside of this my_task there is one condition where this task should be started again but after one minute delay
I have found that there are some kind of ETA and countdown for tasks, but their examples are only with apply_async
Is it possible to use some kind countdown for delay?
  
So delay is clearly convenient, but if you want to set additional
  execution options you have to use apply_async.
As documentation states delay cannot be used with additional options set so you should just convert your call into apply_async
If you want to add execution options, the docs suggest you use a signature. e.g:
my_task.s(arg1, arg2).apply_async(countdown=60)
                So you mean if I call it my_task.delay(param1, param2) I need to use this: my_task.apply_async((param1, param2), countdown=60) ?
– Mr.D
                Feb 21, 2018 at 16:36
Just to add to iklinac's answer. This is how you would call the task using apply_async()
my_task.apply_async(args=(param1, param2), countdown=60)
my_task.apply_async(kwargs={'param1':param1, 'param2':param2}, countdown=60)
The second option will really come in handy if you are using a tool like Flower for monitoring. You can look at Celery tasks best practices page for other tips.
        
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